The week in photos: Sept. 9–16, 2024

Zeke the Wonderdog enjoys the game from the sidelines before performing one of his famous Frisbee routines. Photo by Jonah Brown.

W.J. Beal Botanical Garden is the perfect place to relax on a cool day in early autumn. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Spartans learn how to press fruit at BealFest 2024, themed “The Apple of MSU’s Eye.” The annual fall celebration invites Spartans to visit Beal Botanical Garden and participate in a variety of activities, performances, demonstrations and more. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Sparty plays games under a parachute alongside attendees of BealFest 2024. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

With more than half of MSU’s roads equipped with bicycle lanes, biking is an ideal way for many Spartans to get around campus. With the help of the MSU Bikes Service Center, it’s also easy to rent, repair or purchase a bike on campus. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A student in BS 172: Organismal and Population Biology Laboratory examines the leaves of a sugar maple tree on the banks of the Red Cedar River. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

MSU men’s basketball Head Coach Tom Izzo and President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., met up with former Spartan and NBA basketball player Draymond Green at the men’s basketball pros vs. players game, part of the team’s “grind week” as they prepare for the upcoming season. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Players take to the field at the Sept. 14 game against Prairie View A&M, the first game MSU has ever played against a historically Black college or university. Photo by Jonah Brown.

During the Sept. 14 game against Prairie View A&M, Michigan State Athletics made history by inducting the 1965-66 football teams into the Hall of Fame, the first entire teams to receive the honor. Alongside six individual inductees, members of the historic teams took to the field to be recognized for their accomplishments and the trailblazing seasons that not only saw Big Ten championships but the breakdown of racial barriers in college football. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A noble blue heron looks especially striking among fallen autumn leaves and the moss-covered rocks that peek out of the Red Cedar River. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

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Saxophone students in the College of Music give an impromptu performance as they walk to The Spartan to take a group photo. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Three Spartan football fans watch as the team achieves a shutout victory against Prairie View A&M, 40-0. The victory brings Michigan State to 3-0 for the season so far, a streak that will hopefully continue next week as they head to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to take on Boston College. Photo by Jonah Brown.